About the Journal
DOI: 10.18002/rama
eISSN: 2174-0747
- The Revista de Artes Marciales Asiáticas (RAMA) is a biyearly journal attached to the Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of León (Spain). The main aim of the journal is the spreading of studies on martial arts and combat sports, enabling a better understanding of their diverse manifestations.
- RAMA publishes, from a multidisciplinary perspective, scholarly articles and media reviews related to martial arts and combat sports.
- RAMA is a multilingual (English, Portuguese, Spanish) open-access digital e-journal. All contents are available in full text as soon as they are published.
- RAMA is indexed in Academic Search Complete, Academic Search Premier, CIRC, DIALNET, DOAJ, Dulcinea, Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science), ERIH PLUS, Fuente Académica, Latindex (directory and catalogue), MIAR, Scopus, Scimago Journal & Country Rank, SportDiscus with full text and Ulrich's.
- RAMA in any case will charge authors for open access publishing.
- RAMA has a certified editorial system in accordance with the sixth call for evaluation of the editorial and scientific quality of Spanish scientific journals of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT). Reference: FECYT-392/2022, valid until 07/22/2023.
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Current Issue

"The Little Dragon Dance Head” (2023), by Alexandra Green, is an artistic reinterpretation of a dragon head used in the Little Dragon Dance that was originally made by Liu Yingsheng. In the spirit of cultural preservation, this piece represents cross-generational cultural exchange through an art object. This object is representative of his village’s culture, Tianyin Village, and the illustration of that object is a result of the friendship Liu and the artist were able to form through cultural exchange.